Championships - Ladies' British Open Mid-Amateur Championship 2006
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30.06.2006
Strong Field for Ladies' Mid-Amateur Championship
Three times Curtis Cup player Emma Duggleby is one of several national title holders, present and past, competing in the Ladies’ British Mid-Amateur Championship to be played at Nairn Golf Club from 7-9 July.Duggleby won the British title in 1994 was English Champion in 2000 and 2003 and competed in three Curtis Cup matches from 2000-2004. Now, she is attempting to add a further British title to her collection, from a field of almost 70 players.
Earlier this year Martine Pow of Selkirk won the Scottish title at Dunbar and she is joined in the field by fellow Scots Fiona Lockhart, her immediate predecessor as Scottish Champion, and Claire Hargan, the losing finalist in 2003.
Former professional Vivien Saunders is also competing and will be hoping to add to her collection of titles that most recently includes her 2004 win in the English Senior Ladies’ Stroke Play Championship at Sandiway.
Overseas competitors include +2.9 player Thuhashini Selvaratnam of Sri Lanka, Minna Kaarnalahli of Finland and several others from the USA, South Africa, Portugal and Australia.
Nairn Golf Club has a long pedigree of hosting major championships and first welcomed lady golfers competing in a British event in 1979. Since then it has seen competitors at every level and has an unrivalled reputation as a spectacular layout on the Moray Firth that provides a layout that is testing yet fair.
Competitors play 18 holes on each of the first two days and the 40 lowest and ties play a further round on Sunday 9 July.
For a full list of competitors click here.
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